英语词汇allow的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	allow
词源	allow [ME] This was originally used to mean ‘commend, sanction’ and ‘assign as a right’. Both meanings were adopted from Old French alouer in about 1300. The source was Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’.
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